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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Changeup on October 14, 2013, 04:29:03 PM
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My grandfather passed away this morning at the ripe old age of 95ish. That's both of them this year. Both pilots during WWII and both great men. Grandpa Shuring was a B-25 guy....lol, cost him his marriage actually because he went back to the South Pacific after my mom was born. He could never understand why we all want to fly those planes but he and my other gramps loved how this game looked....just like they remembered it.
Thank you to Cactus for kinda immortalizing him....I guess as long as this game is around, gramps will be too.
:salute to both my grandfathers and to those left of the greatest generation
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php?topic=321799.0
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,291595.0.html
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Condolences
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<S> to your two Grandpas.
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Sorry for your loss and in fact this countries loss :salute
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He could never understand why we all want to fly those planes but he and my other gramps loved how this game looked....just like they remembered it.
For some reason that made me smile. Rest in peace Grandpa.
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Condolences
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Sorry for your loss :salute
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You've got quite the bloodline Change :salute
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never knew my grandfathers--i'm sorry for your loss of them both :salute
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My condolences. I recall your desire to have the B-25 added while your grandfather was still alive to see it.
<S> and fair skies.
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Sorry to hear about your Grandfather. Clear skies to him now.
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Very sorry to hear of your lost sir someone close last year was A20 B25 an B24 in ww2 :salute al will be miss
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Sorry to hear this Changeup.
Hopefully he's doing what he loved the most right now! :angel:
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Sorry to hear of your loss, Grandparents are special, there is a relationship and love there that a mother and father just can't fill or understand. :salute
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I hate to see these old timers leave us. My condolences ChangeUp :salute
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Sorry for your loss Changeup.
My condolences to you and your family.
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Awfully sorry to hear that. I enjoyed hearing his reflections on some of the photos we swapped.
Here again for everybody is my favorite photo of the war. One day I decided to do an internet search on the tail number, and lo and behold google brought me to Changeup's post on the AH BBS. While it's not him in the cockpit in this photo, turns out it's one of the very planes he flew on several occasions. :salute
(http://i547.photobucket.com/albums/hh473/cactuskooler/38th%20BG/jj43-28145EstrallitaPhilipinesEarly1945.jpg)
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I'll have a drink to both your gramps Change-
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My grandfather passed away this morning at the ripe old age of 95ish. That's both of them this year.
Very sorry for such a tough year, Changeup. Sounds like the man lived a long and full life. Who could ask for more?
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I'm sorry for your loss changeup :salute
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Sorry to hear about that Changeup but it sounds like he had a long and full life. Three of my grandparents died around the time I was born and I barely remember the fourth so you were lucky to have them around.
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Thank you very much gang.
Neither of them got cheated one bit that's for sure. I talked to my mom tonight and we visited about what she last talked to him about which was the war. He missed family. She said we were all there and he said, "no. That's not what I meant. I missed my flying family". He told her many times he felt guilty because he loved flying in the war and he knew the guys on the ground had it worse...but he couldn't help it. He loved flying that thing. BTW, his brother, my great uncle, is still alive at 90 and had a story written about his bailout as a tailgunner in a B-24 over the Italian Alps. Heck of a read.
Cactus and Guppy, his sister has all of his stuff and apparently he kept a bunch.....flight logs, pictures, and an undisciplined journal for everything from Port Moresby to Guam. Mom thinks she or her sister will get all of that because that's what they wanted. My two uncles aren't interested in the paperwork, just the commendations, medals (to be put in a frame for their kids) and of course his flag. Sounded like a fair trade to me. I will post what I can when I see it...maybe there's a snapshot in there somewhere. Thank goodness for good cell phone cameras.
Again, thank you to all of ya.
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So when are we taking up the B-25s to honor your Grandpa Changeup? Seems like that would be a worthy reason to take the strafers out in a crowd. You in Grandpas bird naturally and lots of other strafers to fly wing. :aok
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Sorry for your losses Changeup. Had a good innings though :salute
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Very sorry for your loss Changeup.
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So when are we taking up the B-25s to honor your Grandpa Changeup? Seems like that would be a worthy reason to take the strafers out in a crowd. You in Grandpas bird naturally and lots of other strafers to fly wing. :aok
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My sincerest condolences.
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So when are we taking up the B-25s to honor your Grandpa Changeup? Seems like that would be a worthy reason to take the strafers out in a crowd. You in Grandpas bird naturally and lots of other strafers to fly wing. :aok
That'd be great! I'll be back in town Thursday night (funeral is in St Louis...he loved the Cardinals so maybe they'll win the whole damn thing) and we can make some vicious 25 runs this weekend.
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Sorry to hear that Changeup. Both of my grandfathers were in the RCAF, with one being in the RAF with the Canadians right from before the BoB onwards. The other grandfather flew in Lancasters. I wish they both would have lived long enough to see this game, as one of them introduced me to flight simulators WAY back on the C64 and early PC's. I know they would have both been truly impressed as well.
I had no idea about the story of the B25, that skin, and your grandfather Changeup, it's incredible what you can miss on this bbs. I'll always think of this story now whenever I see or fly B25's, so your ancestors will never be forgotten in that way.
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Sorry for your loss, happy you had the honor of being his Grandson.
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Sorry to hear that Changeup :salute
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Condolences Change.. and :salute to your Grandfather
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For those interested, the link below is for the unclassified documents on the entire history of the 5th AF, 38th BG. The men, the missions, the AA reports, the ammo used, bombs dropped, target assessments, recon(recco), planes downed and how, ack damage, etc. these documents have it all.
If you ever want to design an actual 25 mission or snapshot, here are the real missions.
If you have time, grab a beer and some pizza and enjoy the read. It's pretty unbelievable. Enjoy and thank you all from my family.
http://www.sunsetters38bg.com/index.php/documents/cat_view/1-the-official-history-of-the-38th-bomb-group
Edit: Don't miss the number of officers and enlisted men admitted to the infirmary for VD...lol. Hope gramps wasn't one of them! Lol
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Something worthwhile. :salute :cheers:
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<S> sir. Sorry for your loss.
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Our WWII Vets , Grandparents and the Greatest generation.
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:salute to your family and a :salute to all vets past and present.
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My Condolences man, I'd love to hear more about him
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